Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Office at Geneva Mr. Tomas Ojéa Quintana, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar

Office of the High Commissioner For Human Rights, OHCHR-UNOGMs. Rashida Manjoo, UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women

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Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Office at Geneva Ms. Margaret Sekaggya, UN Special Representative on Human Rights Defenders

I am deeply concerned for the safety and well-being of Nilar Thein who is serving a 65 year prison sentence in Burma (Myanmar) and has already been separated from her baby daughter for over three years.

Given the regime's notoriously vindictive treatment of activists, Nilar Thein is at serious risk of torture and ill-treatment.

I call upon the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to do all within his power to intervene and demand the immediate release of Nilar Thein, Thet Thet Aung, Thin Thin Aye (Mie Mie) and all other mothers unjustly imprisoned by the military regime of Burma (Myanmar).

Furthermore, I call upon the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, and the UN Special Representative on Human Rights Defenders to visit all women human rights defenders to ensure their well-being, demand their immediate and unconditional release and also to investigate abuses against women in Burma.